Sauda Baraka has carried the banner of the Connecticut Working Families Party since her election to the Board of Education on that line in 2009. She’s leaving the school board in November but her presence with the WFP will remain as the chair of the newly created Bridgeport WFP Town Committee.
Entries Tagged as 'Sauda Baraka'
Baraka Named Chair Of Bridgeport Working Families Party, Endorsements For School Board Announced
August 22nd, 2017 · 9 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, News and Events
Tags: Dick Blumenthal·Howard Gardner·Joseph Sokolovic·Maria Pereira·Sauda Baraka·Shavonne Davis·Wanda Simmons
Please Figure This Out–The Puzzle Of Party Endorsements
July 20th, 2017 · 3 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Education
This is a weird–and potentially transforming–election cycle. Several Board of Education members are packing it in, it appears, including Republicans Joe Larcheveque and Annette Segarra-Negron, and now, according to Democratic political operatives Rafael Fonseca. But, GOP sources say, Larcheveque is now on the fence.
Tags: Chaila Robinson·Hernan Illingworth·Howard Gardner·Jessica Martinez·Joe Larcheveque·Sauda Baraka·Testo's Restaurant·Tom McCarthy
Cops And Cuts, City Council Candidate Weighs In On School Board Decisions
July 19th, 2017 · 105 Comments · Education, News and Events
Kyle Langan, a candidate for City Council in the West Side 132nd District, teaches 8th grade literature at Achievement First Bridgeport, a charter school. In this commentary he laments recent Board of Education decisions regarding school resource officers and the city’s Lighthouse afterschool program. As a teacher in Bridgeport, if you were to ask me […]
Larcheveque, Segarra-Negron Not Seeking Election To School Board
July 5th, 2017 · 11 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Education
Republican Town Chair Mike Garrett is searching for candidates to run for Board of Education seats currently held by Joe Larcheveque, the chair, and Annette Segarra-Negron, both of whom are not seeking reelection in November, according to Garrett.
Tags: Annette Segarra-Negron·Barbara Bellis·Howard Gardner·Joe Ganim·Joe Larcheveque·John Weldon·Kevin McSpirit·Maria Pereira·Mike Garrett·Rafael Fonseca·Sauda Baraka
Who’s ‘Public Enemy’ Number 1 On School Board? Pereira Battles Gardner
June 24th, 2017 · 115 Comments · Education, News and Events
#bridgeport boe member maria pereira didn’t get her way. Her response as meeting continues pic.twitter.com/os54Pms5zx — linda lambeck (@lclambeck) June 22, 2017 Is Maria Pereira the school board’s new DJ? What was once a relatively solid school board coalition could be experiencing a meltdown following Pereira’s unique music-attention strategy–blasting the song “Fight the Power” on […]
Tags: CT Post·Howard Gardner·Linda Conner Lambeck·Maria Pereira·Sauda Baraka
A City Council Election Year And Already Absentee Ballot Applications
June 5th, 2017 · 23 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, City Politics, Education, News and Events
It’s not often three school board members sign up to address the City Council during the public speaking portion of the meeting on the same night, but that’s what Maria Pereira, Sauda Baraka and Howard Gardner are scheduled to do for Monday’s session. The school board budget and Classical Studies Program are common themes.
Tags: Bob Keeley·Howard Gardner·Maria Pereira·Sauda Baraka·Tom McCarthy
School Board Issues City Ultimatum, Pay Up Or Get Lost
March 15th, 2017 · 23 Comments · Education, News and Events
The Board of Education says it’s time for the city’s rent-free Lighthouse Program, popular with some parents, to pay $500,000 in rent.
Tags: CT Post·Dennis Bradley·Howard Gardner·Joe Larcheveque·Linda Conner Lambeck·Maria Pereira·Sauda Baraka
The Political Buzz Of Party Insiders
October 11th, 2017 · 25 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Politics, Library, News and Events
This forum should be a beauty. Former State Rep. Chris Caruso and ex-City Council members Lisa “Honey” Parziale and Rick Torres on the same panel discussing the ultimate insiders of politics, town committees. All three have served on town committees, with Caruso and Torres once chairs of their respective Democratic and Republican parties in the […]
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Tags: Better Bridgeport·Bill Finch·Chris Caruso·Enrique "Rick" Torres·Joe Ganim·Lisa "Honey" Parziale·Mario Testa·Sauda Baraka